Kiersten Formoso, PhD(epressed)
@formorphology.bsky.social
Vertebrate Paleobiologist & Presidential Postdoc at Rutgers U | PhD from USC | Washed up Forbes 30 Under 30 | Tired | Was on that dino show | Avatar fan
Also. Hi.
Is Bluesky fun yet?
Is Bluesky fun yet?
July 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Also. Hi.
Is Bluesky fun yet?
Is Bluesky fun yet?
WE ARE IN #AVATARFIREANDASH COUNTDOWN SEASON
Learn about cool biology things through the lens of Avatar in my new series on IG and TikTok 💙
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8khDGEH/
Learn about cool biology things through the lens of Avatar in my new series on IG and TikTok 💙
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8khDGEH/
My first Avatar: Biology & Design video! Some science behind the flying animals of Pandora! Avatar 3 hype!!! #avatar #paleontology #science #biology #avatarfireandash #avatar3 #avatarthewayofwater #cr...
TikTok video by Formorphology
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July 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
WE ARE IN #AVATARFIREANDASH COUNTDOWN SEASON
Learn about cool biology things through the lens of Avatar in my new series on IG and TikTok 💙
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8khDGEH/
Learn about cool biology things through the lens of Avatar in my new series on IG and TikTok 💙
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8khDGEH/
Reposted by Kiersten Formoso, PhD(epressed)
Better yet, it's the Carcharodon hubbelli holotype, which highlights the transition from non-serrated "makos", formerly Isurus hastalis, into the modern species Carcharodon carcharias - and helped disprove the idea that the modern great white is closely related to "the meg"!
June 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Better yet, it's the Carcharodon hubbelli holotype, which highlights the transition from non-serrated "makos", formerly Isurus hastalis, into the modern species Carcharodon carcharias - and helped disprove the idea that the modern great white is closely related to "the meg"!
It's not only #FossilFriday, but also the 50th Anniversary of Jaws 🦈 one of my favorite movies. I'm celebrating by sharing this 5 million year old ancestral great white shark fossil from Peru's famed Pisco Formation.
*Almost* a modern GWS, it doesn't quite have the tooth serrations of today's.
*Almost* a modern GWS, it doesn't quite have the tooth serrations of today's.
June 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's not only #FossilFriday, but also the 50th Anniversary of Jaws 🦈 one of my favorite movies. I'm celebrating by sharing this 5 million year old ancestral great white shark fossil from Peru's famed Pisco Formation.
*Almost* a modern GWS, it doesn't quite have the tooth serrations of today's.
*Almost* a modern GWS, it doesn't quite have the tooth serrations of today's.
It's #MotionMonday
Topic: Cursorial animals 🐆 🦌 🐕
Made my first influencer-y reel because people kept telling me I needed to start lol 😔
Topic: Cursorial animals 🐆 🦌 🐕
Made my first influencer-y reel because people kept telling me I needed to start lol 😔
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June 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's #MotionMonday
Topic: Cursorial animals 🐆 🦌 🐕
Made my first influencer-y reel because people kept telling me I needed to start lol 😔
Topic: Cursorial animals 🐆 🦌 🐕
Made my first influencer-y reel because people kept telling me I needed to start lol 😔
Arguably my second favorite Walking with Dinosaurs.
June 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Arguably my second favorite Walking with Dinosaurs.
New Regal poster for Jurassic World Rebirth featuring the revamped mosasaurus.
Love the dark on top, light on bottom countershading.
Fun fact that we have fossil evidence of this! www.nature.com/articles/nat...
(But don't ever do 4DX, it blows lol)
Love the dark on top, light on bottom countershading.
Fun fact that we have fossil evidence of this! www.nature.com/articles/nat...
(But don't ever do 4DX, it blows lol)
June 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New Regal poster for Jurassic World Rebirth featuring the revamped mosasaurus.
Love the dark on top, light on bottom countershading.
Fun fact that we have fossil evidence of this! www.nature.com/articles/nat...
(But don't ever do 4DX, it blows lol)
Love the dark on top, light on bottom countershading.
Fun fact that we have fossil evidence of this! www.nature.com/articles/nat...
(But don't ever do 4DX, it blows lol)
Strawberry Moon
June 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Strawberry Moon
Me when someone asks a question after my conference talk:
June 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Me when someone asks a question after my conference talk:
FINE.
I'll post on Bluesky.
Twitter is toasted, man. What a tragedy and infuriating loss of the following I built there all because of one tech ghoul's ego.
I'll post on Bluesky.
Twitter is toasted, man. What a tragedy and infuriating loss of the following I built there all because of one tech ghoul's ego.
June 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
FINE.
I'll post on Bluesky.
Twitter is toasted, man. What a tragedy and infuriating loss of the following I built there all because of one tech ghoul's ego.
I'll post on Bluesky.
Twitter is toasted, man. What a tragedy and infuriating loss of the following I built there all because of one tech ghoul's ego.
Mammals after the K-Pg Extinction:
February 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Mammals after the K-Pg Extinction:
Is there Saurophaganax discourse on Bluesky too?
December 24, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Is there Saurophaganax discourse on Bluesky too?
Proof that financial stability/comfort yields productivity or rather than financial discomfort stifles it:
Had lofty research goals today. I was determined. But then I learned my rent is going up by more than I anticipated so I spent the WHOLE day doing intense money planning.
Had lofty research goals today. I was determined. But then I learned my rent is going up by more than I anticipated so I spent the WHOLE day doing intense money planning.
December 13, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Proof that financial stability/comfort yields productivity or rather than financial discomfort stifles it:
Had lofty research goals today. I was determined. But then I learned my rent is going up by more than I anticipated so I spent the WHOLE day doing intense money planning.
Had lofty research goals today. I was determined. But then I learned my rent is going up by more than I anticipated so I spent the WHOLE day doing intense money planning.
It's #MosasaurMonday! Here's a photo of one of the favs, Platecarpus tympaniticus @nhmla.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 3:21 PM
It's #MosasaurMonday! Here's a photo of one of the favs, Platecarpus tympaniticus @nhmla.bsky.social
Can't believe none of you ever told me that the music video plot to one of the greatest songs ever made is evolution
December 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Can't believe none of you ever told me that the music video plot to one of the greatest songs ever made is evolution
Was not expecting this YouTube Recap.
I was fully expecting River of Dreams to be my top track, but everything else was up in the air.
Top 1% of Billy Joel listeners though, what an HONOR.
I was fully expecting River of Dreams to be my top track, but everything else was up in the air.
Top 1% of Billy Joel listeners though, what an HONOR.
December 4, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Was not expecting this YouTube Recap.
I was fully expecting River of Dreams to be my top track, but everything else was up in the air.
Top 1% of Billy Joel listeners though, what an HONOR.
I was fully expecting River of Dreams to be my top track, but everything else was up in the air.
Top 1% of Billy Joel listeners though, what an HONOR.
CAN'T believe there's no Facebook mega group called "Academia Memes for Overworked Folks with Shattered Dreams" or something
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
CAN'T believe there's no Facebook mega group called "Academia Memes for Overworked Folks with Shattered Dreams" or something
Tis the Season
December 3, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Tis the Season
They don't prepare you for this
December 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM
They don't prepare you for this
Opened up Twitter and got jump scared by that stupid subscriber final sale thing.
No, I'm not paying for that website. Not a cent. Sowwy.
No, I'm not paying for that website. Not a cent. Sowwy.
December 2, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Opened up Twitter and got jump scared by that stupid subscriber final sale thing.
No, I'm not paying for that website. Not a cent. Sowwy.
No, I'm not paying for that website. Not a cent. Sowwy.
Twitter is for coprolites, Bluesky is for exceptionally preserved Lagerstätte-derived specimens
(No offense to the scientific coolness of coprolites)
(No offense to the scientific coolness of coprolites)
December 1, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Twitter is for coprolites, Bluesky is for exceptionally preserved Lagerstätte-derived specimens
(No offense to the scientific coolness of coprolites)
(No offense to the scientific coolness of coprolites)
Guys look I'm so cool
November 25, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Guys look I'm so cool
A very toothy cetacean for #FossilFriday
Ankylorhiza. Whales are so funny to me because we "know" them but they are actually super alien looking. Like you're telling me this is an ultra specialized aquatic hoofed mammal?
(Yes. And now I'm telling you.)
Ankylorhiza. Whales are so funny to me because we "know" them but they are actually super alien looking. Like you're telling me this is an ultra specialized aquatic hoofed mammal?
(Yes. And now I'm telling you.)
November 22, 2024 at 5:38 PM
A very toothy cetacean for #FossilFriday
Ankylorhiza. Whales are so funny to me because we "know" them but they are actually super alien looking. Like you're telling me this is an ultra specialized aquatic hoofed mammal?
(Yes. And now I'm telling you.)
Ankylorhiza. Whales are so funny to me because we "know" them but they are actually super alien looking. Like you're telling me this is an ultra specialized aquatic hoofed mammal?
(Yes. And now I'm telling you.)
Bet all you arthropod people are happy Bluesky's mascot is a butterfly 🦋
I miss the archosaur 🐦
I miss the archosaur 🐦
November 19, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Bet all you arthropod people are happy Bluesky's mascot is a butterfly 🦋
I miss the archosaur 🐦
I miss the archosaur 🐦